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March 14, 2008

assassination at asculum and other theatre assassinations

via David Derrick's Toynbee Convector:

Assassination at Asculum

An evening in 91 BC.

The theatre at Asculum, what is now Ascoli Piceno, in the Marche. Roman citizens and the confederate inhabitants of the town gather for a performance.

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I thought it seemed familiar. When I was studying this period for my Ancient History 'A' Level, back in the mid-1970s, the teacher gave me some Cavafy poems to read and this was one of them, but I don't think it was in the translation on your site.


is not C's name. He calls it Alexandrian Kings.


The Toynbee Convector has also been supplying us recently with some translations of relevant poems by Cavafy:
The Ides of March,
Kaisarion,
and In Alexandria, 31 BC, plus of course, some time ago now, the ever-popular Waiting for the Barbarians.

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